The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-09 00:00:00

THE 80. KBAY, CALCUTTA, AND CHINA MAILS. By the overland mail we have advices and papers from Calcutta to Nov. 22 ; Madras, Nov. 28; Bom bay, Dec. 14; and Hong-Kong, Nov. 14. We take the following from the Bombay Gazette of the 14th ult : " The little war' on the frontier threatens to tarn out not so small a matter after all. Besides the native force already under Neville Chamber lain, 7,000 European troops are moving to the frontier. The fights which have occurred, and in which so many valuable lives have been lost, have been defensive encounters against the onslaughts of tribes we have armed and driven into revolt. " The changes in Sir Neville Chamberlain's posi tion, by which command is obtained of the line of communication with the plans by Shandarra, was concluded on the 18th ultimo, without opposition on the part of the enemy; but in the afternoon of the same day an attack in great force was made up the gorge in front of the camp. The enemy had to stand the fire of field guns, and appear to have lost about 120 killed and 200 wounded, according to the best information obtainable. They effected, how ever, a formidable attack onitwo of the pickets, in which, we regret to say, we suffered considerable loss. We have to lament the loss of four officers— namely, Captain Smith, of her Majesty's 71st; Lieu tenant Jones, doing duty 71st ; Lieut. Chapman, her Majesty's 101st; Lieut Mosely, 14th Native Infantry ; and nine Europeans and 36 natives killed ; together with Lieut. Inglis, 14th Native Infantry, and 73 men wounded. Total casualties on our side, 119. "On the 20th the tribes attacked Gen. Chamber. lain with much determination; the picket which the enemy had taken was gallantly regained, and the enemy driven down the hill. Lieut. Sanderson and Dr. Piele, of the 101st Regiment, were killed and five officers wounded, including Gen. Chamber lain and Col. Hope, Major Delafosse and Lieut. Anderson; 128 men, British and native were killed and wounded. The loss of the tribe was much greater. On the 21st Captain Aldridge and some men were killed. Since this last defeat the tribes have not attacked. "General Chamberlain reports on the 20th that he does not require reinforcements, and speaks con fidently of final success. " He occupies a commanding position with 13 guns. The troops are hard worked, but their health has continued good. They are well pro visioned, and have plenty of ammunition, "Oar latest intelligence from the Umbeylah Pass shows that the situation is much improved, and that the Fabian generalship pursued promises soon to bear fruit. The tribes have made no serious attack since the 20th. Their loss in killed is so enor mously exaggerated by spies who have visited their camp as to show that in reality it has been very great, and indicates that the numbers engaged have been large. Decimated by casualtiee, without sur gical attendance, and perishing of cold, the astute and practised diplomacy of Major James has found the Boruewals more amenable to reason than they have heretofore been. The personal influence of this officer on the Peshawar border has induced the Bassee Kheyl, a turbulent section of the Afreedee, to join our camp at Umbeylah. This significant demonstration is in accordance with the uninter rupted quietude of the trans-Indus territory. It is to be hoped that by an early date matters, both diplomatic and military, will have been so adjusted that the force will be at liberty to accomplish the objects of the expedition. The command of the field force intermediately held by Colonel Wylde, C. 8., of the Corps of Guides, has now been assumed by Major-General Garvock, who has arrived at Umbeylah. "The wound received by Sir Neville Chamber lain, thqugh not dangerous, having proved more troublesome than was anticipated, will probably compel his return to the plains. "Letters from the Panjaub state that his Excel lency the Commander-in-Chief will not go to the frontier, but occupy a central position, probably at or near Lahore. Mention is made of several arrests, including native commissioned officers, in the Sikh corps stationed in the province. " We give the list of officers killed and wounded up to the latest accounts : KILLED. Oct. 21—Lieut. Gillies, R.A. Ozt. 20--Lieut. Clifford, Adjutant Ist Punjaub Cavalry, volunteer—Lieut. Richmond, D.D., 20th Punjaub Native In Pantry. Nov. 6—Major Harding, Bombay Staff—Lieut. Murray, 71st Highland Light Infantry—Lieut. Dougal, 79th Cameron Highlanders, volunteers. Nov. 13—Lieut. Davidson, second in command, Ist Pun• jaub Infantry. Nov. 18—Captain Smith, 71st Highland Light Infantry —Lieut. Jones, 79th Cameron Highlanders, volunteer, 71st Light Infantry—Lieut. Chapman, 101st Bengal Fusiliers—Lieut. Moseley, 14th Fert.zepere Native In fantry. Nov. 10—captain Aldridge, 71st Highland Light In fantry. Nov. 20—Lieut. Sanderson and Dr. Piele, of the 1011 Regiment. WOUNDED. Oct. 21—Lieut. Brown, Royal Engineers, slightly. Oct. 26—Lieut. Drake, 32d Muzbees, severely—Lieui Barrow, Survey, severely. Oct. 30—Major Keyes, Ist Punjaub Infantry, severely, lost two fingers. Nov. 6—Lieut. Battye, Guides. dangerously, doing well on 18th—Licut. Oliphant, severely, doing well. Nov. 13—Lieut.Pitcher, Ist Punjaub Infantry, severely in the arm—Lieut. Forlong, Guides, contusion. Nov. IS—Lieut. Inglis, 14th Native Infantry, danger ously, good accounts on 20th—Major [toss, slightly. Nov. 20—Brigadier General Sir N. Chamberlain—Col. A. T. Wilde, C. 8., Guides—Col. Taylor, Major Dolafosse, and Lieut. Anderson—Col. Hope, 71st, and Campbell, sth P. 1., slightly. " The town and fort of Guadur were completely destroyed by fire on the night of the 23d ult. Grout distress in consequence. Guadur is due west from Kurrachee about 400 miles, the place at which the land line of telegraph from Kurrachee, intended to form part of what will be known as the Persian Gulf Has of telegraph to England, terminates. The telegraph from Kurrachee to Guadur was completed in April last :under the superintendence of Mr. Watson. _ _ _ .. ' " Lady Elgin reached Jullander on the 3d and left for Delhi on the sth. She halted at Delhi on the 7th and Bth, and left Allyghur on the 9th, corn ing thence by train straight to Allahabad on her way to Calcutta. " His Excellency the Commander-in Chid of Madras, Sir Hope Grant, was expected to return to the Presidency last week from Cannanore, and abandons for the present his intention of making a tour of inspection to Southern India and Burmah. " The Lord Bishop of Calcutta and the metropo litan of India has arrived at Bombay, in company with the Bishop of Madras, to hold his first metro politan visitation. 4i Hi s Excellency Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, is at present in Bombay. " His Excellency Sir William Mansfield, com. mender in chief, has proceeded to the Mahablesh wnr Hills for residence. " The agent of the Governor General for Central India left Indore on the 2d instant, on his tour through Malwa. " Au official report to the Government of India, in the railway department, mentions that if the supply of permanent way materials from Bengal does not fail, there is every reason to expect that the East Indian Railway will be opened for public traffic up to the banks of the Jumna, at Allahabad, by the Ist March, 1864 ; up to Boolunshur-road by the Ist January, 1864 ; and up to the banks of the Jumna, at Delhi, by the Ist July, 1864. "The British Government has, it appears, inter fered in the matter of the four Italian gentlemen detained as prisoners by the Khan of Bukhara. The Amer of Afghanistan has been requested to send un ambassaflor demanding their release ; :Nicer Ml= Jan has been sent, although os t ens ibl y for ano th e r purpose ; Sirdar Mahomed Arzim Khan has sought British protection, which was of course refused. " Thq Candaharies threaten an appeal to the British Government to be released from the rul e o r Sirdah Mdhomtd Amen , CHINA. Thi China Mail of November 14 contains the following : "In China a small crisis has occurred which will determine the respective weights of different forces at present in the field of Chinese foreign politics. Captain Sherard Osborne demands an indel. endent command. As yet his demand has not been acceded to. The flotilla is, on that account, inactive. " Major Gordon, to whom all eyes are turned, still pursues his successful course. It was thought that he would resign his command, in conjunction with the action of General Brown in withdrawing the English troops from Quinsan, but nothing is heard of such a proceeding on Gordon's part. It is just probable, however, that he may have given the native authorities to understand that he will act in accordance with the policy of his country ; and, if that policy be to withhold assistance from the Chinese unless they accept it on certain stated terms, no doubt Major Gordon will cooperate with the others in furthering the views of our own authori- ties. At present his retirement would be quite premature. " Since the date of our last issue we learn that Gordon has taken another important stockade (Li Kow) on tho north face of Soochow. He now commands three sides of the city, and only the western side, with the Tai-hoo lake adjacent, is still open to the rebels. Gordon has, for a con siderable time been aware that, through this lake, supplies have been brought to Soochow, and has left it open, doubtless, as a means of escape, should his usual tactics succeed, and the rebels evacuate the city. In the very probable event of their choosing to remain and stand a siege, we may expect cer tain operations on and around the Tai-hoo lake, and it is most likely that a good account will be given of the rebels lodged thereabouts. "From Tientsin we hear that large bodies of marauders are again in the neighbourhood of that port The natives had shown some alarm, but the foreign community were engaged celebrating the annual races. " At Hankow, as reported in our last issue, the Nyenfei have been heard of as concentrating their bands at a point within 30 miles of the city. The Taoutae and the principal Chinese traders are said to be packing up their effects with a view to flight. Rowdyism is appearing at Hankow, as elsewhere. "The Shanghae papers are most mysterious on the subject of a foreign firm having lent the Futae of the province a sum of money, to be repaid in two monthly instalments, but whether it is the lender, the borrower, or the proposed form of repayment that has offended the Shanghae community we are not in a position to state. Trade is said to be in creasing at Shanghae. No other news of import ance has reached us from that settlement. " From Ningpo we learn that a piratical strong hold, situated at Wan-tu-quan, has been destroyed by the Chinese contingent, who proceeded on the 20th ult., under Colonel Cooke, and took the city by assault. Twenty-three junks of piratical build were destroyed On this occasion. " From Amoy, Fuhchau, and Swatow, we have no news of importance. At Canton and Macao matters go on as usual. The annual regatta comes off at Canton next week." JAPAN. The Japan Commercial News of Nov. 1 says In oar issue of Tuesday last we stated that their Excellencies General Pruyn, the American minister resident, and D. de Gruff Van Polsbrok, the consul general of the Netherlands, had received invita- tions to attend a conference of the Gorogio, at Yedo, at 12 o'clock on the 26th inst. "The customary civilities having been gone through, the business of the meeting was stated— viz., the closing of the port of Kanagawa to foreign .rade. "The Gorogio said they had invited the repre sentatives of America and of Holland to Yedo to open to them in the presence of the whole of the Tycoon's Government the very important subject which they had now approached, and which they thought would require several conferences to arrive at a fall understanding and settlement. With this view they had appointed Takemoto Kai no Kami and Ikido Sinai as commissioners to negotiate the withdrawal of foreigners from Yokohama, and the closing of the pert of Kanagawa to foreign trade. They requested the foreign ministers to inform their respective Governments that the notification of the Minister Ogasawara, signifying the intention of the Japanese Government to exclude foreigners entirely from Japan, had been withdrawn and cancelled except in so far as Yokohama was concerned, but that they found it necessary to close that port. " The foreign ministers expressed great surprise that they should have been invited to Yedo to hear such a communication as this, and wanted to know if this was all the important business for which they had been invited to meet the Gorogio, and why the British and French ministers had not been invited ? "The Gorogio answered that they bad not yet communicated upon this subject with the British minister or the French minister ; that they had communicated first with the representatives of America and Hclland, because they had made the first treaty with America and were the oldest friends of the Mitch. They wished to make this important communication in the presence of all the chief officers of the Government, and as all could not con veniently leave Yedo to wait upon the foreign ministers at Yokohama, they found it necessary to invite the latter to come to Yedo to receive this com- munication. " The Japanese ministers said that the treaties had been made only as an experiment to see if foreign trade and intercourse would suit Japan. They found it did not suit, and were desirous to know if the foreign ministers would consent to give up Yokohama without previously consulting with their res2ective governments. They regretted the murders that took place from time to time at the port of Yokohama, but could not prevent such things, nor put a stop to the revolution which any day may break out in the country, without closing that port. "The American minister and the Dutch consul general said they could not discuss such a proposi tion—that the invitation to them to come to Yedo on this occasion was like one man sending word to another to come to his house in order to tell him that he must leave that house. General Pm:in told them that the treaty of the Japanese Government with the United States was not a temporary one, but one of perpetuity, and, in the language of the treaty, on firm and lasting foundations, &c.; and could not and would no be given up. "The Gorogio ex-eressed a wish that the subject matter of this conference might not be communi cated to the other foreign ministers in Japan, but both the foreign representatives present assured the GorogiQ that the whole of what had passed at that conference would be immediately communicated to their colleagues, the other foreign ministers, and that any objections to the contrary were as vain as to expect the treaty powers to give up Yokohama or any further ports in the country. Indeed, the American minister went so far as to say that a great mistake had been made in temporarily giving up Osaca ; that it should never have been done; and that had it not been done, this request would never, in his opinion, have been made. " By this time the Gorogio had written invitations to the British minister and the French minister, re questing them to ccme to Yedo to meet them in con ferenae. We are not sure that the subject of the desired conference was specified on this occasion ; but the Gorogio said they wished to discuss' certain important matters with each of those ministers. " We understand that Colonel Neale, her Bri tannic Majesty's representative, replied to this invitation at once in terms to put an effectual stop to any further invitations of this extraordinary character from the Japanese Government. He told them that he would not attend a conference which had for its object nothing less than the cession of a great treaty right, that he would not discuss nor receive any representation, nor minister or envoy of the Japanese Government, upon such a subject; that the utmost he would do would be to forward to his Government any representation in writing made in becoming language, which the Japanese Govern ment might desire to make to the British Govern ment ; that be advis:d them to weigh well the terms in which they would make such representa tion, as the consequences might be very momentous to them; and, in conclusion, ha warned them, we hear,.that in the meantime, pending the answer of the British Government to such representation, any act of aggression upon British interests in Japan would be repelled by him with all the force now at his disposal. " This unmistakeable reply to their invitation will doubtless damp the ardour of the Gorogio for discussing with Colonel Neale the important matter of closing the port of Kanagawa ; and taken in connection with the firm and indignant refusal of the representatives of America and Holland to dis cuss or entertain for one moment the proposition of the Japanese Government, the latter may, upon reflection, cancel that as they did the sweeping announcement of Ogasawarra for the exclusion of foreigners altogether from Japan." " From the foregoing," says the China Mail, " it will be seen that the persistent course of repression, which closed Gana and put us out of Yedo, is now being brought to bear upon Yokohama. It is, there fore, evident that nothing but immediate and vigorous measures of hostility will avail us if we wish to open Japan." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH-EASTERN. An influential meeting, convened by the Mayor in com. pliance with a requisition, was held in the Leeds Town-hall on Thursday, " to consider and express their opinion upon the projected schemes of the North-Eastern Railway Com- pang, and especially upon those portions by which it is proposed to cross the principal streets of the town of Leeds," MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Jan, 8. John and Daniel Buckley, brothers, were indicted for as saulting James Blake. Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted. Mr. Warton appeared for the prisoner, This was one of the most scandalous outrages that, per haps, ever came before the court. From the evidence it ap peared that the prosecutor was the landlord of the Railway Arms beer shop, at Kensington, and that on the 11th of December, the prisoners, who were masons, were there drinking in the tap. He had occasion to go to Hammer smith, at mid-day, and oz hie return home he found the prisoners and two men wrangling and making a noise, they being drunk at the time. A chair and the table was knocked over the oven door, which were picked up by one of the pri soners. They asked the prosecutor to drink with them,and he did so, A man, who had been lying on the seat, made a grumble about it, The prisoner John got up from his seat, and leant over the table to hit the man, prosecutor tried to prevent him, and told them not to make such a piece of work in his house. The four men set upon him, got him down;, and kicked him unmercifully. He then went into the bar, and, whilst standing there, the prisoner John struck him a fearful blow on the head with a chisel, inflicting a wound 2 inches and a half long and a quarter of an inch deep. He was knocked down and kicked and beaten about the head and face, and John again used the chisel. The land lady went to her husband's assistance, when they assaulted and dragged her to the staks,where they struck at her with the chisel. A person who was there went for• assistance, which having procured, he pointed the prisoners out, but the two others had got away. He received two very severe black eyes, besides other injuries, and was laid up. When eharged each of the prisoners said it was the other. Mr. Warton submittel that the evidence opened the way to a doubt, of whieh, if trey entertained one, the jury would give the prisoners the benefit. The Assistant Judgesummed up. The jury found both prisoners guilty. The Assistant Judge then sentenced them to six months' hard labour, observing that a more scandalous case he had never heard, and the public must be protected from such outrages. The MAYOR presided, and said he would endeavour to give all parties an opportunity of expressing their views. Mr. W. B. DENISON moved the first resolution, which was to the effect that the meeting viewed with dissatisfac tion the scheme of the North-Eastern Railway Company for carrying a line of railway through the centre of the town of Leeds, and crossing the principal streets by means of bridges, which, while being destructive of the beauty of the town and dangerous to the people, offered no compensating advantages which justified such a mutilation of the streets. In moving this resolution Mr. Den:son admitted that Leeds had for some years past been deficient in that accommoda tion of railway stations to which it was entitled by its size and largely increasing population. Mr. LUPTON seconded the resolution. He said a project which involved an outlay in Leeds of upwards of half a million sterling was entitled to the calmest possible consi deration. He thought the scheme would not be of advan tage to the borough of Leeds. (Applause.) Mr. E. BAINES, M.P., supported the resolution. His opinion was that the adoption of the scheme would be a gross disfigurement and injury to the town—(cheers) —that it would be, as medical men had pleaded, dangerous to many persons passing through the town with horses and carriages; that it would be very injurious to property, and a very great eyesore in all the principal streets. He urged the propriety of having a large station on the south side of the Wellington Station, and pointed out that the North- Eastern Company had themselves proposed an alternative plan by which they would accomplish the shortening of the route, by running along the Midland line as far as Hunslet, and going thence upon their old Leeds and Selby line. (Cheers.) • Aldeman KITSON, one of the directors of the company, supported the scheme propounded by his Board. He said that the objeot which that company had in view was to connect Leeds, the conveying centre of all the great rail way system north of the Thames, with all those systems in the best manner possible. At last the engineer decided upon the present plan, which at first sight had the appear ance of being a bold one. But the more it had been con sidered the more its advattanges had shown themselves. (Hear, hear.) Mr. U. LEEIIAN addressed the meeting at considerable length in favour of the scheme. Mr. DENISON having replied, The motion was put to the meeting and carried, only about 30 or 40 hands being held up against it. Mr. JOWITT then moved a resolution pledging the meet ing to support a well-devised plan for giving larger and better station accommodation and increased railway facili ties to the town, but affirming the opinion that land on the south side of Wellington-street should alone be taken for that purpose. Mr, EAGLAND seconded the motion, and it was agreed to. Mr. BISSINGTON moved that a deputation from that meet ing be appointed to confer with the Town Council, and any other public bodies, in order that the most vigorous efforts might be made to oppose the scheme ; and that a committee be appointed to carry out the resolutions, and to take such measures as they might deem best to defeat the scheme. Mr. LUDOLF seconded the motion, which was also carried, and a vote of thanks to the Mayor concluded the proceedings. TAMAR, KIT-HILL, AND CALLINGI ON. The estimated cost of this line is £60,000 for seven miles. Operations have been commenced on the line, which is in tended to open up a large mineral district in which nearly 20 mines are situated. The consent of the various land owners has been obtained. Thomas Fann, a geteral dealer in Spitalfields, was in. dicted for feloniously receiving, well knowing them to have been stolen, 100 pairs of gloves, the property of the Great Western Railway ComPsllY• Mr. Giffard prosecuted for the company; Mr. F. H. Lewis defended the prisoner Fann. Fann surrendered in court and pleaded guilty. Charles Timothy was also indicted with him as a party concerned in the robbery. He pleaded not guilty. Mr. Lewis, on behalf of his client, urged that he had 12 children to support, and under the circumstances, as he had pled guilty to the indictment, and the company had so far gained their object in instituting this prosecution, he hoped they would not press the case too harshly. Mr. Giffard said so far as the company were concerned they had no desire to press the case, and he should there fore offer no evidence against Timothy. The latter was accordingly acquitted; Fenn was sen tenced to six months' hard labour. Thomas Jordan, a respectably dressed young man, was indicted, first for feloni usly embezzling the sum of 14s 6d, received by him for and on account of Messrs. Margetson and Heywood, of the Bazaar, Islington, and also for steal ing a piece of flannel, value 2s Bd, and other articles, the property of the same. Mr. F. H. Lewis prosecuted ; Mr. Cooper defended. Upon the evidence, the learned Judge said there was no case against him, and he was acquitted. On the other he was tried. It appeared that the prisoner was an assistant to the pro secutors, and when he was in custody on the other charge some small articles were found in his possession, which were identified as belonging to the prosecutors. After hearing Mr. Cooper, The jury found the prisoner not guilty. (More Mr. Payne.) Christian Reiter, 25 sugar baker, John Myer, 22, and Henry Mues, 26, three Germans, were indicted for assault ing George Olett, a constable of the metropolitan force, in the execution of his dtty, and a common assault. Mr. Cooper appearet for the prosecution ; Mr. Metcalfe. instructed by Mr. Yotng, appeared for the prisoner. M. Albert acted as interpreter. From the evidence, it appeared that while George 011ett, police-constable, 415 o, was on duty at a quarter to 12 on Christmas-eve, a woman came and made a statement from which he went to Ni. 4, George-street, Whitechapel, a sugar-house, and he few part of a man's coat hanging on a gate, and a man looking over the wall. He went to the front and gave inform Lion, and then proceeded to look over the premises. Upon going up stairs ho mound a door open, and the prisoner Reitz in the room. Rieter said something to him in German, whch he did not understand, and struck him on the forehead with his fist. Several other Germans then came in, and caight hold of 011ett and threw him down stairs, and from the violence of the fall, he became insensible and was melt injured. Police-sergeant Blatkwell, 4 H, eaid he beard of the dis turbance, and went and found 011ett at the bottom of the stairs insensible and without his hat. The prisoner Mues rushed on him (Blackwell) with an open knife in his hand. He said something in German, and was much excited. lie raised his arm with the knife as if to strike, and he struck at Blackwell with it ; but Blackwell, who had his staff drawn, warded off the blow, and hit him on the forehead with his staff. The other prisoner Myer also had an open knife in his hand, which he struck at Blackwell, but did not injure him. The two prisoners, Myer and Mues, were not quite dressed. There vas a general disturbance, both inside and outside the house. There were about 80 sugar bakers and a mob of 600 or 700 people. The Germans rushed at the constable like lions, some with pokers, others with tongs, fenders, and all sorts of things. The reason why 011ett went into the house was, that a woman came and told him she thought there were thisves in the house. Benjamin Prior, another sergeant of police, corroborated the greater part of this evidence. When the prisoners Myer and Maes were struck by Sergeant Blackwell they went down into the yard, and laid down as if insensible. They could not take them to the station the front way, and were obliged to take a cab and take them out the back way. There were about 25 sugar-bakers living in that house. Police-constable Qaeenby, 220 H, said he went to the house at a quarter to 12 on Christmas-eve, and saw Reiter with others at the foot d the stairs. Reiter had the poker (produced), and struck him with it on the left shoulder and then on the hat, which le knocked off his head. Mues re ceived a severe blow on the head; Myer also had a slight graze. Mr. Metcalfe made en able address on behalf of the prisoners. Mr. Payne summed et} the evidence. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against all the pH - Eoners. Mr. Payne said the prisoners Myer and Mues had been partially punished by the blows from Sergeant Blackwell's staff, and perhaps it was fortunate for them that they had received those blows, or they might have had to answer for a more serious offence than they were now charged with. He should take that into consideration, and pass a more lenient sentence than he should upon the other prisoner, Reiter. The sentence of the Ccurt upon Reiter was that he be imprisoned and kept to herd labour for four calendar months, and upon Myer and Mues that they be imprisoned for two calendar months, and that the whole should enter into their own recognisances in the sum of £lO to keep the peace towards all her Majesty's subjects for the next 12 months. Maria Jones, 30, described in the calendar as a servant, was placed at the bar upon an indictment charging her with stealing a purse, a ring, an ear-ring, and the sum of £1 16s 6d, the property of Rebecca Maybury, from her person. The Jury found her Guilty. Mr. Payne sentenced her to six calendar months' impri sonment. John Goff, 28, mason, and Henry Carapbell, 28, tailor, were indicted for breaking into the dwelling-house of Thos. Spooner, and stealing a tablecover and other articles, his property ; also two dresses and other articles, and the sum of £5, the property of Louisa Hogger. Mr. Grantham prosecuted; Mr. Montagu Williams de fended Campbell; and Goff pleaded Guilty, It appeared from the evidence of Abraham Ballard, police-constable 324 S, that at ten minutes to 7 o'clock on Christmas night he was on duty in Hamilton-street, Camden Town, and from suspicions he entertainer] be stopped the prisoners, who were each carrying bundles under their arms wrapped up in black silk. He asked Campbell what he had got there, and he said they had got two parcels, and that they were in a hurry to catch a train. The other prisoner also said that they were going with an excursion train to Birmingham. Campbell said the policeman need not suspect them, as they wet ein a hurry tea catch the train, but he would show him what they had got. Upon which each of the prisoners suddenly drew a parcel from under his arm, threw them at him, and ran away. They ran down Bayham-street, pursued by the constable as far as York-street, where he caught Goff. He did not know Campbell before, but he looked at him well while he was speaking to him. When Goff was caught he was brought back to where the bundles had been thrown down,which were picked up by two gentle men and, with the prisoner, taken to the station house. At the station house Goff was searched, and on him were found 26 skeleton keys and a jemmy. The bundles contained a number of articles which had been abstracted from a house in Hamilton-street. The policeman afterwards went to No. 6 in that street, and on examination found that the door had been broken open, and comparing the marks on it he found the jemmy taken from Goff entirely corresponded with them, and had evidently been the instrument used in effecting the burglary ; and there was a piece of candle left behind the door which the burglars had used. The prosecutrix and her sister were the only persons who occupied the house, and on the morning of Christmas-day they left the house for the purpose of visiting some friends. From appearances of a suspicious nature at 9 o'clock the same night the sister of the prosecutrix was sent for, when she found that a writing desk and three workboxes, which had been locked in the morning, had beenlbroken open. The table-cover was on the table when she left, and all the other articles produced were there then, including a jacket and two dresses belong ing to her sister, besides Vi in gold and silver, a gold watch and chair', and jewellery belonging to herself. The prisoner SIRIIONVY VALLEY. The relaying and repairs of this line are completed, and the railway is now ready for ordinary traffic. As the Sir howy is the nearest route from the port of Newport to the Aberdare and Merthyr coal fields, it is expected that the Great Western will lease the line, and work it in connexion with their Aberdare branch. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Mlles Opened. itecelpts.-s Railways. 1863. 1862. 1863. 1862 £ £ IleNast and N, Counties 136 136 2,102 1,854 Belfast and County Down 49 49 631 623 Blyth and Tyne 23 28 1,221 80 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1214 5,366 5,340 Caledonian Cockermouth & 'Workington Bl 84 - - Cork and Bandon 2O 20 293 291 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 6} 129 145 Cork and Youghal . 32 321 386 255 Cornwall 53 539 1,314 1,129 Deeside l7 17 250 251 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,273 1,312 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,323 1,242 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 9l} 481 2,682 2,050 Eldinburgh and Glasgow l69} 169} 7,918 7,318 Furness, &c 5O 5) 3,113 2,411 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union Great Northern 353 351 28,901 24,907 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,005 1.583 Gt. Nortlin. & Westn. (Irel,) 7ll 714 354 345 I .it.Soutlin. & Westn.(lend.) 3731 329 6,324 6,511 Great Western lO5Ol 10321 55,269 50.627 Inverness &Aberdeen June B6l 869 1,075 831 Inverness & Perth Junction 119} - 1,143 - Irish North-Western 145 145 1,187 1,435 Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 395} 20.710 32,520 Limerick and .F . l in is. Limerick an Foynes 264 261 77 105 Llanelli 461 461 513 465 Lon:len & North-Western Loudon and Bla.ckwall 5 51 1,772 1,650 London & South-Western Lond, Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chathar & Dover 7 . 2, 72# 4,176 2 656 -- Do. Metropolitan Extension 10 51 , 900 120 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 42 * 42} 1,426 1,302 Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh 2391 239} 15,597 14,071 Manch. S.Jun.& Altrineham 9} 9} 1,'61. 1,240 blaryport and Carlisle Metropolitan 3t - 2,228 - Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 6144 38,440 34,572 Midland Gt.Westn. of Wild 2594 259} 3,815 3,867 Monkland 716 714 1,409 1,270 Monmouthsh. RaiL & Canal 44 44 2,414 2; 55 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 10761 48,786 15,727 North London . , 9 9 3,213 2,810 North Staffordshire. 254 252 7,957 7,420 Oswestry and Ne'Ar ton.. Rhylamey., St. ile i r,n's &nal & Railway 52 52 1,934 1,816 Swjaish Central , Scottish North-Eastern l3B 118 5,016 4,816 I Somerset and Dorset 66 394 siB 317 South Devon . 754 754 3.341 3,030 South-Eastern 306 306 18,622 18,609 Taff Vale 57 55 5, 02 4,761 Ulster lO5l 921 2:287 2:On Vale of Clwyd Vale of Neath 321 10 . 133 147 2.9 2,',21 1.833 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 31 242 267 77 1,127 1,162 274 _702 672 W. artlepool arbr.&Rail 52 W'hivren,Cleator,& Egrmnt 7 Whitehaven Junction 33 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 5e 3,616 3,325 7 517 i 43 13 8.4 714 35 884 630 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 Austrian B2B 52 1,263 1,040 828 35,058 31,141 308 263 167 2,593 1,762 161} 2,406 1,388 189 4,u:0 3,847 104 4,457 3,897 Belgian Eastern Junction 26 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 135 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l Detroit and 3lilwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish lOBl Eastern Bengal llO Eastern of France East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Indian Peninsula s3Bi Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madrid, Saragossa SEAlicant 650 Northern of Canada ..... 94 Northern of France 697 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 Paris and Orleans 1614 Pernambuco 77i Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B South Austrian • . 1430 Gouthern of France .... 770 Victorian 196 Welland - West Flanders 75 W. and N.W. of France. 93.2 1081 54,759 50,323 639 16,616 10,753 1090 19,792 19,33 495 8,688 8,39 J 134 3,160 3,187 79 522 460 315 11,162 11,204 490 18,8 ?,3 17,071 91 1,210 1,603 697 61,176 58,014 4 . 4 4D2 199 1676 - 1431 AR 1,255 1.490 1315 52,1188 50,117 080 ;27,885 23,215 J 151 1 25 813 40,01)7 31,353 EXTRAORDINARY AND RARE BIRTH. At Edmond's, late Wambwell's Royal Windsor Castle Mena gerie, llackney, a Bactrian or double-humped camel gave birth on Thursday last to a very fine young one, which, together with the mother, are doing well. This is the only instance on record of a camel being bred in England. [ADVEP.TISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills.—Enfeebled exis tence.--This medicine embraces every attribute required in a general and domestic remedy ; it over t urns the founda tions of disease laid by defective food and impure air. In obstructions or congestions of the liver, lungs, bowels, or any other organ these Pills are especially serviceable and eminently successful. They should be kept in readiness in every family, as they are a medicine without a fault for young persons and those of feeble constitutions. They never cause pain, or irritate the most sensitive nerves, or most tender bowels. Holloway's Pills are the best known purifiers of th.-3 blood and the best promoters of absorption and secretion, which remove ail poisonous awl obnoxious Particles from both solids and fluids. Campbell at the time contrived to effect his escape, but having received inforination, John Cook, police-constable, 198 S, apprehended him on the morning of Dec. at 47, Dudley street, Seven-dials, when he was told that ho was charged with being concerned with axother man named John Goff, alias Jerry Cotter, with breaking and entering the house at No. 5, Hamilton-street, Camden Town, on Christmas night, and stealing a quantity of property, he replied in the phrase. ology of a thief. " I hope you are not getting this up for me. If the 'slop raps' (the policeman) swears to me, with my character, I shall get something for this." He was told that he must go to the station-house, and that there he would have nothing but fair play, upon which ho put on a Scotch cap. He was told that he might wear the cap; but if he did so, he (the policeman) should take the hat also to the station-house. Ho was put into the charge-room with a number of other persons all wearing hats, and Ballard) the officer, identified him from amongst the rest. It was proved by Sergeant Holmes, 3 F, that he had seen the two prisoners repeatedly together during the last fifteen months. Ackrell, another police-constable, 48 F, also proved that he had often seen the prisoners together. Mr. Montagu Williams made a very able speech on be half of Campbell, setting up as his defence an alibi, and called three witnesses, who swore that they were at the prisoner's house on the night in question, and that he was never absent for more than ten minutes during the whole of that time. Mr. Grantham replied, and said that with regard to the witnesses who had been called on behalf of the prisoner, one was a sister and the other the brother-in-law, and they were directly interested in the acquittal of the prisoner, therefore, their evidence was worthy of no credence what ever. Mr. Payne summed up the evidence in a most careful manner, and The Jury, after some time spent in deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty against the prisoner Campbell. Mr. Payne asked if anything was known of the prisoners. William Ackrell, 48 F, said on the Oaks day of the Epsom races last year (1863) Campbell was sentenced to imprison ment for six calendar months at Epsom by the magistrates for picking pockets. He also knew him to be a companion of the worst of thieves and burglars, and one of his com panions was now serving ten years' penal servitude, and another 20 years. Sergeant Holmes, 3 F, corroborated this statement. Henry Bingham, a constable of the F division, said on the 3d of February, 1851, Goff was convicted of burglary at the Central Criminal Court, and was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. After serving four years of t his sentence ho was liberated with a ticket of leave. On Oct. 15, 1855, a few months after the prisoner was liberated with a ticket of leave, he was again convicted of burglary, and sentenced to seven years' penal servitude in the name of James Tre lawny. He was again liberated on a ticket of leave, and since then had been the constant associate of thieves and burglars. Mr. Payne said he looked upon this prosecution as a very effectual one for the protection of the public ; for in this case it appeared that these persons went out for the purpose of spending Christmas day, when they were robbed of property amounting to upwards of £3O ; but the most aggravating part of the case was that the prisoner Campbell had called several witnesses on his part whom no one could believe. With respect to the prisoner Goff, all kinds of punishment appeared to have been without effect. lie had been senten ced to penal servitude for 10 years for a skeleton-key rob bery, and after serving four years was discharged with a ticket of leave. He had not been out long when he commit ted another burglary. and was sentenced to seven years pe nal servitude, but was again let out for the second time with a ticket of leave. On both occasions he had got portions of his sentence remitted with a t cket of leave; therefore his present sentence must be a heavy one. He had been guilty of wholesale robberies, and therefore the sentence of the Court now upon him was that he be kept in penal servitude for this offence for 15 years. As regarded Campbell, the sentence upon him was that he be kept in penal servitude for five years, for although he had never received any seri ous punishment, he was an old offender. Eliza M'Neil, 25, convicted on Wednesday of stealing a piece of lin-ey, the property of John Richard Palmer, was brought up tor judgment. At the trial Mr. Abram, who appeared fer the prisoner, urged that as she was in a certain state, she was unaccount able for her actions, from peculiarities which sometimes de veloped themselves in married women, and she was put back to allow inquiries to be made. Fayne, having wade some inquiries, sentenced her to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for six months. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service. (From the Civil Service Gazette.) Tho Royal Household,—The housekeepership of Hampton Court Palace has become vacant by the death of Mrs. Grundy. House of Ccmmons.—A vacancy for trainbearer to the Speaker has occurred, by the death of Mr. Robert Bailey. Foreign Office.—Mr. George Brackenbury, Con• sul at Madrid, has been appointed consul at Cha• rente, in the room of Captain Hamilton, deceased Mr. Ricketts has been appointed consul at Sarawak Borneo. Hone Office.—A. vacancy for a magistrate in the Southwark Police Court has been caused by the death of Mr. Boyce Combe. Board of Trade.—Registry and Record Office of Seamen.—Mr. Eugene Arthur Rogers Acton has been appointed a third-class clerk in the registry of seamen's office. Mr. Constantine Maguire has been appointed a temporary clerk in th© registry of men's office. Mr. Percy Edward Jackson has been appointed a temporary clerk in the registry of sea men's office. Mr. Lewis Brown has been appointed a temporary clerk in the registry of seamen's office. Mr. ReTmes Hari el has been appointed a temporary clerk in the registry of seamen's office. Mr. John Peake has been appointed a temporary clerk in the registry of seamen's office. Mr. Thomas Edward Price has been appointed a temporary clerk in the registry of seamen's office• Mr. William Henry Mulley has been appointed a temporary clerk in the registry of seamen's office. Mr. Arthur Deters has been appointed a temporary clerk in the registry of seamen's office. La Department.—Mr. John Edmund Bentley has been appointed a clerk in the master's office, Queen's Bench, London. Mr. William J. Weller has been appointed a clerk in the Exchequer of Pleas office, London. Customs.—Mr. Charles C. Cotton has been op. pointed an extra clerk, London. Mr. William B Peach has been appointed an extra clerk, London Mr. Robert A. Ogilvie, inspector-general of the out-door department, has been promoted to be a surveyor-general, London. Mr. b:A:nuel Brent, landing-surveyor, has been promoted to N. an in' spector-general, London. Mr. John Thorpe, lance' ing-surveyor, has been promoted to be an inspector general, London. Mr. George Finch has been pro moted from the 4th to the 3d class of clerks, im ports and exports office. Mr. John K. Williams has been promoted from the sth to the 4th class of clerks, imports and exports office. Mr. Henry J. Scott has been promoted from the 6th to the sth class of clerks, examiner's office. Mr. John Truscott has been promoted to senior out-door officer, Fowey. Mr. Robert Tyra has been promoted from the 2d to the Ist class of out-door officers, Greenock. Mr. William Comrie has been promoted from the 3d to the 2d class of out-loor officers, Greenock. Messrs. James Robertson and Hugh Hutton have been promoted from the 4th to the 3d class of out-door officers, Greenock. Mr. James Frazer has been promoted from the sth to the 4th class of out-door officers, Greenock. Inland Revenue (Excise Branch).—Mr. John Thomas Turner, examiner, has been appointed supervisor of Alloa, 2d district, Stirling collection. Mr. Charles Sowter, supervisor, Longford district, Athlone collection, has been appointed supervisor of Ware, 2d district, Ware collection. Mr. Augus tine Knocker, examiner, has been appointed super visor of Longford district, Athlone collection. Mr. Joseph Fleming Cockburn, examiner, has been appointed supervisor of Long Island dis trict, Mr. John Sacheveral Harwood, officer, Dublin, Ist division s Dublin collection, has been ap pointed examiner. Mr. John Speak, officer, Pais ley, 7th division, Ayr collection, has been appointed examiner. Mr. Anthony Alexander Kennedy, officer, Londonderry, 3d division, Londonderry col lection, has been appointed examiner. Ireland--Dr. William M. Burke has been ap pointed Medical Registrar for Ireland, under the new Registration Act. Mr. Charles Hurford has been appointed a clerk in the Quartermaster- General's Office, Dublin. "PUNISHED FOR LIVING TOO LONG."—The case of the pauper, William Novice, a man 82 years of age, who was recently committed to prison for three weeks' hard labour by the Uckfield bench of magistrate, for refusing to do the work required of him, has just been brought under the notice of the Home Secretary by the Marquis Town• shend, and an official inquiry is about to be made into the circumstances. The Home Secretary has written to the Uckfield magistrates, desiring to be furnished with a copy of the depositions upon which Novies was sent to prison, and the committing justices are at present in communica tion with Sir George Grey upon the affair. POST.—It is eery day becoming more and more manifest that there has been a sad failure of justice in Townley's case. The proceedings of the Derby shire magistrates, given in our impression of Thurs day, have confirmed some, at least, of the suspicions we could not help entertaining, and felt it our duty to express; and further inquiry, which can hardly be refused, will, we fear, show still more conclusively that there has been in this miserable affair a flag rant departure from the ordinary course of proce dure. We are willing, and indeed desirous, to be lieve that the Home Secretary has been deceived and misled ; but be that as it may—and as the mat ter stands the public cannot afford to consider Sir George Grey's po,ition—a full and authorita tive explanation is imperatively demanded. All who are said to be concerned in this transaction — the Home Secretary, the judge, and the justices and physicians who signed the certificate of lunacy everybody who has been compromised by reports and so-called explanations, and everybody whose conduct is arraigned in the remonstrance which the county magistrates have signed and forwardedcon to Sir George Grey — mu s t concur in the general viction that nothing short of the largest and most thorough investigation can now be accepted. We gather from the statement of Mr. Mundy the chairman of the visiting justices, that the certificate of lunacy under the Act ad and 4th Victoria was signed on the Tuesday after the commission ap pointed by the Home Secretary had examined Townley and his friends on the Sunday, and, as the reprieve arrived at Derby on the same Tuesday evening, we do not see how it could possibly have been granted on that certificate. The commis• sioners sent down by the Home Secretary arrived in Derby on Saturday, and had an interview with the prisoner. On the Sunday morning following they were present when the "condemned sermon" was preached, and during the afternoon of that day they were engaged in the examination of witnesses. On the next day they presented their report at the Home-office, and it was at once sent to Sir George Grey, who was then in Northumberland. This re port could not have come into the hands of the Home Secretary before Tuesday morning, and the mes senger carrying the reprieve arrived at Derby Gaol on that same Tuesday evening. But before his arrival the prisoner's attorney had left Derby with the intention of going direct to Sir George Grey in Northumberland, and there can be no doubt that he took with him the certificate of lunacy which had just been signed by two justices and two medical men, as the Act required. He was, however, tele graphed that Townley had been respited, and, we presume, though it does not much matter, returned to Derby and sent the certificate to the Home Sec retary by post. So much for the attempt that has been made to escape from inquiry by referring to the provisions of an Act of Parliament, and to a cer tificate of lunacy o 2 which the Home Secretary could have had no official knowledge when he respited the convict. But, as good often comes out of evil, this a tt e mpt to explain away th e stubborn facia of the case has called attention to the manner in which the certificate was obtained, and will, most likely, lead to the reconsideration of an Act which can be so car ried out. This Act of Parliament, Mr. Crompton says, was " made use of by those interested in the defence of Townley to introduce into the gaol a com mission, formed of certain justices who tied previ ously formed and expressed an opinion upon the case they were to investigate," and of two medical men, one of whom " is the partner of another medical gentleman in Derby who gave most powerful evi dence in favour of the prisoner, and who holds the office of surgeon to the gaol." These four gentlemen, who were selected to visit Townley under the pro visions of the Act of Parliament, and to report upon his state of mind, had actually, all of them, pre viously signed a memorial to the Home Secretary stating it to be the opinion of the memorialists that the convict was insane ! It would be a work of supe rerogation to comment on proceedings so tainted with suspicion, no matter whether founded or not, and we are quite content to leave the bare facts as they have come to us to the appreciation of the pub lic. Nor is it worth while to follow the uhifting sub terfuges which are still being resorted to with the view of diverting attention from what we will for the moment call only an error of judgment. At first it was said that Sir George Grey had no dis cretion, inasmuch as under toe provisions of the Act he was compelled to respite Townley and place him in a lunatic asylum on the certificate of two justices and two medical men. But that having been found to be a rope of sand, it is now said—no doubt hastily and unadvisedly—that the certificate left Sir George Grey no discretion as to issuing a commission to inquire into the state of mind of the convict ; whereas, in point of feet, the certificate was not even signed when Sir George Grey sent off the reprieve, and the Act, moreover, says not one word about directing a commission as is alleged. The truth is, the Home Secretary ordered the com mission upon reading the memorial which was pre sented to him, and seeing that the justices and the medical men who signed the memorial also subse quently signed the certificate, it is just possible that the confusion into which the would-be exculpatory of the Rome-office have fallen may be so accounted for. That, at all events ; is the most charitable ex planation we can offer in their behalf. As to this being a question of etiquette or jealousy between county magistrates and borough magistrates, the question is simply preposterous. It ie, as we know but too well by this time, a question of the adminis tration of justice, and, as such, it has been put in the remonstrance which the county magistrates have addressed to the Home Secretary. That remon strance, too, we will take leave to observe, applies equally, and with almost equal force, to the pro• ceedings taken under both the commissions. Both wero one-sided investigations. Both were private and ex parte. In neither was the prosecution heard nor the interests of the public adequately repro - sented. It is also incontrovertible that, as the magistrates state, "justice has been turned aside by the power of money." Of course, no one believes that Sir George Grey has been influenced by the fact that T o woley'e friends were well-off in the world, but people do feel, and they cannot help feel ing, that if this had been the case of a poor man, without friends, the result would been different. Perhaps there hardly ever was a case in which there was so little sympathy for a convict ; and while the report, said to have been made to Sir George Grey by Mr. Baron Martin, is withheld from the public, they can come to no other conclusion than that the paid machinery which has been set in motion has been the means of saving Townley from the gallows, and of inflicting, in its sequence, a grievous wrong upon society. TIMES.—At the Derbyshire Quarter Sessions on Tuesday last a remarkable expression was given to the feeling created by the late respite of the convict Townley. We have already indicated the unsatis factory aspects of that proceeding, and the general complexion of the affair is certainly not improved by the statements now male. It is not to be anti cipated that the reprieved convict could now, under - circu ms tances, be taken from the asylum to any which •he' has been consigned, and sent t o the gal lows. It is ot clear that the gallows rather than a d n •ustice have been his end, for madhouse shoula ' mad at this moment, it appears that he is certainly Ids some additional pre and perhaps that f act yid he he committed the s umption that he was mad N; beg th inning to end murder. But the whole case frot2 ' s and e pre bears so forcibly on pu blic interest., cedent is likely to be of such grave imp,srtance, that we are not sorry to see it re-opened by the Derby shire magistrates. Townley's fate is decideel, but there may be other Town le y s in future times. 'the Derbyshire magistrates do not mince their words in addressing Sir George Gre y on the point :---" The result of these private proceedings has been a respite of the prisoner and an order for his removal to a lunatic asylum. The effect has been to cause much dissatisfaction, to create a feeling greatly to be lamented—that there i s one law for the rich and another for the poor; the.: justice has been turned aside by the power of money, and that if Townley and his friends had been poor he a :ould have been executed, as a man named Thorley was in this county last year for a murder und er like circum stances." We hope that the inquiry now payed for, whatever it may establish respecting the Derby Commission, will lead to the recognition of such principles as will place the administration of justice on an unexceptionable footing for the future. If a trial by jury is to he followed by a trial of another kind, let the second be as fair as the first, with no advantage, either direct or indirect, for the rich over the poor. If the sanity of a convict is to be tested as Townley's was tested, provision should be made for the cases of those who may not have Townley's resources in friends and money. Money did not buy Townley favour, but it bought him " energy and _effort," employed unsparingly in his behalf . . One of the magistrates candidly admitted that he could not blame those who were thus engaged, and who did their best to earn their fees. Of course he could not. Townley's family had a perfect right to employ the best advocacy available on his behalf; but the misfortune in such cases is, that whereas nothing is left undone on the side of the prisoner, a good deal may be left undone on the side of the pub lic. The feeling, however, now abroad is agood sign. .it so easy to incline to mercy, and so cruelly in vidious to press for the last rigour of the law, that strong opinions must be entertained before any persons would move as the Derbyshire magistrates have moved in the matter baore us. We wait for the result which such a movement may produce. It would be satisfactory to learn that; the Derby Commission was not open to the objections advanced by the protesting magistrates, but it would be still more so to find that the course of justice in such caaes will be left erp , T.ed to objection , :i no longer. It will be remembered that:. a few weeks ago s good deal of excitement was occasioned at the vil lage of Himbleton, near this town, by the death of a young lady named Husband, aged 20, the adopted niece of the Rev. J. Vernon, curate of Hitabletonl who expired on Oct. 7, after a short illness, during which she was unattended by a medical man. It seems Mr. Bishop, surgeon, of Worcester, who at tended the family, had been sent for in the morning by Mrs. Vernon, but was unable to get to Himble ton until the evening, when he found Miss Husband dead. From the symptoms as described to him, Mr. Bishop came to the conclusion that she had died from bilious cholera, and she wail . buried. Some time afterwards, however, a rumour got abroad to the effect that she had been poisoned, and accord' ingly the coroner of the district, W. S. P. Hughes? Esq., ordered the body to be disinterred and es' amined by a medical man. It was then discovered not only that deceased had died from poison, a larg e quantity of arsenic being found in the intestine s and stomach, but that she was six months g one with child. At the inquest a young carpenter of the village, named Cole, admitted that be had been on intimate t erms with the de' ceased, and that he wished to marry her, but big friends objected. It came out that the servants et the rectory connived at the acquaintance, and alit Cole used to visit 111iss Husband in the kitchen and back premises with the knowledge of the servants , but unknown to the master or mistress. Mrs. Vernon had heard rumours of the intimacy of her niece with Cole, but Miss Husband had always denied it to het aunt. A quantity of arsenic was found in a cur board at the rectory after the deceased's death, but Mrs. Vernon and the servants on the inquest denied all knowledge of it. The inquest ended in a verdic t that deceased had died from the effects of poison , but how administered there was no evidence to s hovii The result has by no means satisfied the publi c mind, and other rumours having got abroad as l e the cause of the deceased's death, the magistrates of the district determined to reopen the investigatio n ' Accordingly some magistrates have been sitting here yesterday and to-day, the Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington in the chair, for the purpose of making! preliminary inquiry into the circumstances. A gres' number of witnesses have been summoned on th° inquiry, and have been examined, but the magi e trates having decided to conduct the inquiry vately, we are not in a position to go into detail °. The result of their deliberations will be made pub lic at the close of the inquiry. COUNTRY MARKETS• WAKEFIELD—FRIDAY. 1 Wheat generally held for an advance of is p er qr once Friday's prices. Barley was in be tter demand, and ra dearer. Other articles bring fully late rates. LIVERPOOL—FRIDAY. There was a thin attendance of the trade to-day, l°! but a small business was done. Wheat in favour of sellel Indian corn Gd per qr lower. Flour dull, and unchaa' in price. —FRIDAY. offer at our market to'd° about previous rates B O a a r ts le , y o ' id gr 2g5 to ly , 24s to New do ..205 Beans. 4 0 s t° Beans, new 373 t° SPIRIT OF JOURNALS, 1 The Mysterious Poisoning Case at Ilimbleton, DROITWICH, Friday. LINCOLN , A fair quantity of wheat on with a moderate business, at a White wheat new, 44s to 47s Bed do. 3Bs to 41s Old white Red do. —9 to —s Barley, malting 33s to 38s STAMF ORD—FRIDAY. 0 o White wheat, 42s to 44s ; red, 36s to 40s per 36 s- t 4 r, Barley, malting, 34s to 365; grinding, 29s to 32s Pe t v o Oats, 20s to 24s per 21 stone. Beans, old, 40 s to 42's' ; new, 34s to 365. CORK—FRIDAY. The following were the quotations this morning wheat, Ss Od to 8s 101; white, 8s Od t 0,96 8d his Gd to Es Od ; oats, 4s 10d to Gs 2d black do,, 43 56 31. s. d. 0 Oatmeal lO 0 to Beans.. Bere Rapeseed 0 to of), Bakers' flour 14 oto :;6 , Indian corn DUBLIN—FRIDAY. s. d. s. d. Wheat, white 24 0 to 26 6 Do., red 2l 6 to 24 0 Do., new 0 to 0 Barley Oats Do., black 0 to 0 BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. g The raw sugar market remains firm. Refined go ° 7oo steady. There are inquiries for Jamaica ruins, but stocks are exhausted. COAL .D Yrioes of Coal per Ton at lARKET. the close of the inttriat' s. Buddlo'sWest llartley 18 9 !Vass's BeBside West Hartley —.lB 9 Hastings Hartley ....18 9 rantleld Moor 18 0 Ships at marke Walls End. .4; a llaswcll ........ ' lietton 435 Tees Eden Main .. :t, 10 ; sold. 10. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Itiu , South. Iton. 0' . JO' 0, Australia and Mauritius, via Southamp , _., . .. 100 ,. via Marseilles v b. a, Brazil and Cape Verde , by British pac!rot. x e „ '),' Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena J 3 4' I', China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. J... 3;• via Marseilles O . ' Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton JaP India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton J 6/3. l°' _ via Marseilles P il. l l ' / I n dia (Bombay), via Southampton JO' via Marseilles t Portugal.... POP It t J ' Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton a i ' l'' via Marseilles Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U . S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... ' l.°3‘ by U.S. packet.... 0 by Canadian packet...' %V.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritre ...... JP y. 1 ' ta.hamm, via New York .. • • Ja y.• Mexico ... • Ali parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I JO' California. and British Columbia.. c og' Ittl ADVERTISEMENTI—Avoid medicines: they alwaY'oes ei vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicioil 6 4 g Restoring Itevalenta Arabica Food, which saves 0 ,4 Pl tOr y d, its cost in other remedies, invariably cures them,r„ e- 4 1 11 1 perfect digestion. strong nerves, sound lungs, healt7etivo pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional regularity , $ ll- ie vl to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract $ of 60,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 of the Marall i° "4 Br6han, Paris, of a dyer complaint, wasting away f °r 4 „l years, debility, with a nervous palpitation all 0 4 ' 0 4 0 : 4 digestion, constant sleeplessness, the most intolerable $ agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.—Cure No. 1, 711. ? .. / Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of mail/ o , dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescriba bie l o from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, cons 11)'0 flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—MarM to rdx' —Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of FrimleY , ° v et) thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, 1iVer,0 3 1,4 ment, and partial deafness. — Cure No. 47,121 . MlsB Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gather''ef, spirits, and nervous fancies. — Cure No. 54 , 816 . The $ a to rP t : T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, "of indigestion 00014 dity of the liver, which had resisted all medical tr ell o. • ' In tins, 1 lb., 28. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d ; 51 b., its. ; 4.2113., 1 0 0 (I` r s 405.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street , et i also Fortnum and Mason ; and all Grocers an d Clle every town of the United Kingdom. Births. oe sv BETHELL.—On the Bth inst., at St. George!s-ros3? J,t of the Hon. Richard Bethell, of a son. 7" MAxwELL.—On the sth inat., at 139, City-roa., of James P. Maxwell, Esq., of a sun and heir. 9 RENDELL.—On the 7th inst,, Mrs. Rondell, 014 Croydon, of a son. 1,0, 4/1 WlNTflus.—On the', 7th inst., at Greenhithel . , Erie Windue, Esq., of a son. Marriages. LEIGH —TRENDH —On the 7th inst., in llow es ( Abbey, Cholmeley Austin Leigh , Eeq., Fe col., Oxford, eldest son of the Rev. J. ri E. 0 1 t o Melisina Mary Trench, daughter of the P.' '' A of Dublin. aco r 9'' IV EATL EY—MILLT',TT.—On the 7th inst. , at S., ,v,/ v ., Hanover-square, captain Moreton Jollo%l'lloo-' to Edith Frances, youngest daughter of Charlets 0 Esq., of Queen's-gate-terrace. Deaths. , 11A COLERIDGE.—On the sth inst., at Heidelloll'o3 Major Walter Coleridge, late of the 20th N -3.- ,1 aged 44. f rel DAVIES.—On the 7th inst., Mr. David Davies,,, ° o - 1 , street, Islington, late of Compton-street, 1 311 '" )3 tifi r aged 85. (o° 4 EDWARDS.—On the Bth inst., at 6, Grosvenor- s - : (11 ; Edwards, at an advanced age. 15, / STEWARD.—On the 7th inst., at his resideo ce ,' g ,5 e Dean's-yard, Westminster, Thomas Fol ic— ...,0.? Esq., aged 68. 0' ~., Rio - tol , t , TlioLLorE.—On the Sth inst., at Christ's 1 , -°' - ' 1 It': IS' Trollope, Esq., aged 62. D. ti , / TOLLEMACIIE.—On the 6th inst., at Edinbu, r ' r J.;' ) ham Francis Tollemache, Etq. Conaaaa'A ) tired list. 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